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This week the teams begin their on-track preparations for the 2009 Formula One season, which sees some of the most far-reaching rule changes in recent years.

Tighter aerodynamic regulations, the return of slick tyres, the arrival of adjustable front wings and the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) are all set to make cars sleeker and overtaking easier. It means a busy winter ahead for the designers and engineers, but Pascal Vasselon, Toyotaâ??s senior general chassis manager, is relishing the challengeâ?¦

http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2008/11/8679.html

 

 

129 days left to the season opening :smirk:

I see you are still crazy about something that is not even a sport, but a useless waste of money from many sponsors to fill the pockets of a few drivers and racing teams. It has no value to me, but I have expressed this before.

Have fun though.

I still prefer doped up bike races :)

 

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U.S. team gears up for Formula One entry in 2010

 

The founders of a proposed all-American Formula One team unveiled plans to enter the sport in 2010 Tuesday while remaining sketchy about where the funding would come from.

 

"We always wanted to do our own team our way," Peter Windsor, a journalist and former Williams team manager who will assume the role of USF1 sporting director, told a live audience on Speed TV.

 

"It sounds very arrogant perhaps but we have got some history, we have some things we want to bring into the sport."

 

Windsor is partnered in the project by American Ken Anderson, a race engineer with experience in both F1 and Indycar. The plan is to build and design a car in America to be raced by American drivers.

 

"We set some unbelievable steep hills to climb in a recession," said Windsor. "But we're now two guys that can say we're going to do a Formula One team because we've got the capital to do it."

 

While the U.S. has a rich past in Formula One, with world champions in Phil Hill and Mario Andretti, the sport has abandoned the country in recent years.

http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSTRE51N6FC20090224

 

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My greatest wish is to see McLaren & Ferarri finish last this year

 

Sorry but Kimi has quit drinking, putting 110% effort for this season and his only goal in life right now is to win the title before he quits so that cannot happen :content:

 

Kubica and Hamilton will give a tough challenge though.

 

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Driver with most race wins to become 2009 champion

 

Formula One racingâ??s governing body, the FIA, has approved a change to the points systems for this yearâ??s driversâ?? championship, which will see the title awarded to the driver with the most race wins. The rest of the standings, from second to last place, will be decided by the current points system.

 

If two or more drivers finish the season with the same number of wins, the title will be awarded to the driver with the most points, the allocation of points being based on the existing 10, 8, 6 etc. structure. The constructorsâ?? championship is unaffected.

 

The FIAâ??s World Motor Sport Council accepted the proposal for the new system from Formula One Management at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday.

 

2009 Formula One Regulations

 

Points

 

The WMSC accepted the proposal from Formula One Management to award the driversâ?? championship to the driver who has won the most races during the season. If two or more drivers finish the season with the same number of wins, the title will be awarded to the driver with the most points, the allocation of points being based on the current 10, 8, 6 etc. system.

 

The rest of the standings, from second to last place, will be decided by the current points system. There is no provision to award medals for first, second or third place. The Constructorsâ?? Championship is unaffected.

 

more

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/3/9024.html

 

So, Massa can try it again this season :content:

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